Daylon Claasen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daylon Kayton Claasen | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Klerksdorp, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lech Poznań | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leicester City Klerksdorp | |||
| Vasco Da Gama | |||
| 2002–2006 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Ajax Cape Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Lierse | 69 | (11) |
| 2013– | Lech Poznań | 7 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | South Africa | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Daylon Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international footballer who plays professionally for Polish club Lech Poznań, as a midfielder.
Career
Club career
Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama.[1] He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse.[2][3][4]
Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013,[5] and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month.[6]
Claasen then went on trial with newly promoted Premier League club Hull City in July 2013, initially under the pseudonym of "James Armstrong" for a match against Winterton Rangers, where he scored one goal,[7] before his actual identity was revealed two days later.[8]
On 21 August 2013 he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[9]
International career
Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.[3]
References
- ↑ "Claasen joins Ajax Amsterdam". iAfrica.
- ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daylon Claasen at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Daylon Claasen profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Claasen says goodbye in Afrikaans" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 19 April 2013.
- ↑ David Prentice (23 April 2013). "South African midfielder Daylon Claessen hoping to impress in trial with Everton FC". Liverpool Echo.
- ↑ "Tigers Win At Winterton". Hull City A.F.C. 15 July 2013.
- ↑ Mark Fewings (17 July 2013). "Exclusive: Identity of Hull City's mystery international trialist revealed". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ "To już oficjalne. Daylon Claasen piłkarzem Lecha Poznań" (in Polish). sport.pl. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
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